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A grease gun and coupler so I can lube the community mower for the village green.

Some zero sugar Hotel Chocolat flakes for a drink before bedtime.

My favourite book in hardcover with the original cover, secondhand from the USA.

A ProCook spiralizer.

I'd add some disposable gloves to your order if I were you, even with grease cartridges, if you can refill a grease gun without getting some on your hands you're a better man than me!
 
Got my Rouge Alloy 17inch Raptors fitted today. Paired up with Cooper ATs 245/65R17.

Now need to recalibrate the speedo. Its between 2-5mph out on gps and i have lost about 5mph on top motorway speed

Scotland i am coming back prepared

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tyre pressure seems to haunt me. The side wall max psi on these bad boys is 50psi. The recommended and certified psi from Rouge Alloy is 50psi.

I know there is heathy margin built into any catastrophic design failure but operating something at its max does not feel right

ran my 245/40R20s at 40psi and had a great ride so giving these a run at 43 tomorrow. if its comfortable i will keep it so. If i feel like a jelly I will increase to something closer but not at the max.
 
tyre pressure seems to haunt me. The side wall max psi on these bad boys is 50psi. The recommended and certified psi from Rouge Alloy is 50psi.

I know there is heathy margin built into any catastrophic design failure but operating something at its max does not feel right

ran my 245/40R20s at 40psi and had a great ride so giving these a run at 43 tomorrow. if its comfortable i will keep it so. If i feel like a jelly I will increase to something closer but not at the max.
so Cooper AT3 245/65R17 @ 42psi and van drove smoothly and quietly today to Nash Point Lighthouse (150 miles ) Tempted to try 40psi on next run out
 
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so Cooper AT3 245/65R17 @ 42psi and van drove smoothly and quietly today to Nash Point Lighthouse (150 miles ) Tempted to try 40psi on next run out
If you put the details of the factory supplied wheels for your car into a tyre comparison site then put your new tyres into the site the wheel comparison site will compute the new pressures. Do this for unladen and laden write or print the details on a sticky and stick close to the normal manufacturers stick probably on the door shut.

It is important to have correct pressures in your tyres, they are not an arbitrary figure tyre manufacturers have provided the information.
 
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If you put the details of the factory supplied wheels for your car into a tyre comparison site then put your new tyres into the site the wheel comparison site will compute the new pressures. Do this for unladen and laden write or print the details on a sticky and stick close to the normal manufacturers stick probably on the door shut.

It is important to have correct pressures in your tyres, they are not an arbitrary figure tyre manufacturers have provided the information.
Bit more research using ChatGPT which pointed me in the direction of https://www.falkentire.com/load-inflation who publish ETRTO psi to load tables

for a 245/65R17 inflation at 40psi gives a load rating of 778kg which is above T28 requirements and 45psi is 843kg. Happy days.

What i still need to find out is if the Coopers have a max of 50psi and are load rated at 1083kg at that pressure, what constitutes a minimum tyre pressure for even tyre wear. Time to contact Coopers
 
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